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Documentary Production (BA, BFA)

This specialization is designed for students interested in telling stories from “real” life. In addition to learning how to produce documentary work/films, students in this specialization will also gain important perspectives on the history of documentary, the business of making documentary productions, and the debates concerning the legal, ethical, and theoretical questions related to representing others.

HOW TO APPLY

It’s a story about the post-genocide generation in Cambodia. For her documentary project Angkor’s Children, Visual and Media Arts Associate Professor Lauren Shaw followed young Cambodians as they worked to support their country and better its future. After recently receiving the LEF Foundation grant, Shaw can return to Cambodia and resume work.

It may have been her first public art commission, but it certainly had meaning. Emerson Visual and Media Arts Associate Professor Claire Andrade-Watkins recently installed a graphic panel on the Providence Harbor Walk at Fox Point, depicting the history of Fox Point Cape Verdeans.

The Emerson College Equipment Distribution Center (EDC) loans professional, state-of-the-art equipment and facilities to faculty and students to fulfill class assignments. Professional staff and student employees are available to provide technical support when needed. It includes the Film Equipment Center and the Video, Audio, New Media Equipment Centers.